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Chests puffing up with pride — and happiness felt head to toe — are sensations as real as they are universal. And now we can make an atlas of them.
Researchers have long known that emotions are connected to a range of physiological changes, from nervous job candidates’ sweaty palms to the racing pulse that results from hearing a strange noise at night. But new research reveals that emotional states are universally associated with certain bodily sensations, regardless of individuals’ culture or language.
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<div id="attachment_5015" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 563px"><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/files/2013/12/13-21664-large.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-5015 " alt="Red, yellow and orange show activated regions while blue and purple areas are deactivated in these maps of bodily sensations associated with specific emotions. Image courtesy of Lauri Nummenmaa, Enrico Glerean, Riitta Hari, and Jari Hietanen." src="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/files/2013/12/13-21664-large-1024x771.jpg" height="417" width="553"></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Yellow shows regions of increased sensation while blue areas represent decreased feeling in these composite images.<em> Image courtesy of Lauri Nummenmaa, Enrico Glerean, Riitta Hari, and Jari Hietanen.</em></p></div> <p>Chests puffing up with pride — and happiness felt head to toe — are sensations as real as they are universal. And now we can make an atlas of them.</p> <p>Researchers have long known that emotions are connected to a range of physiological changes, from nervous job candidates’ sweaty palms to the racing pulse that results from hearing a strange noise at night. But new research reveals that emotional states are universally associated with certain bodily sensations, regardless of individuals’ culture or language.</p> |
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